RBC | Over the last month many things have changed at CNCC because of COVID-19. I wanted to update everyone on what we are doing and how we are handling these extraordinary times. Although I don’t like lists, I believe this is the best way to give everyone a breakdown of our response.
– Spring break was extended by one week (until March 30) so faculty could prepare for remote learning with our students.
– All courses, with the exception of career and technical education classes, went completely to remote learning on March 30.
– Career and technical education (CTE) classes include remote learning for the in-class portion of the class.
– CTE classes are doing several things for the face to face portion of the class including virtual simulations and postponement of the face to face until it is safe.
– Only 10 students are on campus living in the residence halls. All of these are our National Park Ranger Academy students who came back a week before all this was implemented. Each of these students had to go through a screening before they were allowed to move back into their rooms. This screening included answering questions of where they were before coming back, if they were in contact with others who might be infected, and if they had any symptoms. Each student also had to submit to getting their temperature taken. If there was any question about their health, they would have been quarantined. However, we did not have any that needed to be quarantined.
– Our students on campus are being advised to isolate on campus and to follow the social distancing protocol.
– We have implemented a “work from home” policy for all, but essential personnel. Our campus has very few employees on campus presently.
– All events on campus through April have been canceled. This includes our athletic contests, honors banquets, athletic banquet, foundation dinner, and community networking meetings.
– We are discussing how we will do the graduation and other ceremonies scheduled for May. One possibility we are considering is to do this in a virtual setting.
We are working with our local communities to help in anyway we can. Our goal is to provide our students with the best possible education, protect our students and employees, and protect and help our communities as best we can. We have a great group of people working for CNCC, and they are prepared to do what it takes to keep things going in the right direction.
Our remote learning is going very well and faculty have done a fantastic job of getting information out to our students and keeping them informed. On a good note, in the fall we plan to be back to our regular schedule for classes and with students on campus. CNCC and our communities are resilient and together we will be stronger than we were before.
For more detailed information and consistent updates please visit our website at https://cncc.edu/cncc-covid-19-updates.
By Ron Granger | CNCC President
